Direct tax collection up 13% in Apr-Nov at Rs 3.68 lakh cr

New Delhi: Amid slowing economy, the gross direct tax collection has risen only by 13.18 percent to Rs 3.68 lakh crore during the April-November period of 2013-14 fiscal.

The collections had totalled Rs 3.25 lakh crore during the first eight months of the 2012-13 fiscal.

Net direct tax collections rose 14.60 per cent to Rs 3,10,317 crore during April-November, as against Rs 2,70,771 crore in the year-ago period, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Thursday.

The government has fixed direct tax collection target of over Rs 6.68 lakh crore for 2013-14, envisaging a growth of 19 per cent, as against Rs 5.65 lakh crore in 2012-13.

The gross collection of corporate taxes increased 9.66 percent to Rs 2,25,124 crore during April-November, up from Rs 2,05,291 crore in the year-ago period, the Finance Ministry said in a statement today.

Gross collection of personal income tax was up by 19.60 per cent to Rs 1,39,763 crore in the first eight months of this fiscal, from Rs 1,16,862 crore in the year-ago period.